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Privy to as journalists or seen from afar, when it goes to inauguration, i always wondered about that. the people in the fancy seats up front, how much did those cost them? its all about influence peddling. why are you giving 10 or 20 or $50,000 for an inaugural party? this is arguably taking it to maybe a slightly more dramatic extreme. but there are a lot of folks, even maybe someone watching, some folks watching us now in their big fancy northern virginia homes paid for lock, stock and barrel...

From afar, when it goes to inauguration, i always wondered about that. the people in the fancy seats up front, how much did those cost them? its all about influence peddling. why are you giving 10 or 20 or $50,000 for an inaugural party? this is arguably taking it to maybe a slightly more dramatic extreme. but there are a lot of folks, even maybe someone watching, some folks watching us now in their big fancy northern virginia homes paid for lock, stock and barrel by big fat monthly or yearly re...

Decades. they banned commercial theaters in the 80s under an extreme crackdown by conservatives. the new crown prince is reversing that. he says its part of a plan to modernize the saudi kingdom. heres a look inside the new movie theater set to open in riyadh. officials say they plan to have about 350 theaters likes this one by the year 2030. the saudis estimate annual sales could top $1 billion. another theater held a private screening of black panther last night. you might have seen pictures o...

With more. what have you got? >> been talking about facebook all morning. facebook will be discussed at this trial as well. at&t and time warner say they need to merge to become competitive. thats going to be the backdrops of this case. opening statements in a couple hours. the case will go on for six to eight weeks and a judge will make a decision about whether this deal can go forward. the other backdrop is president trump, his words and destain for cnn. theres been widespread speculation that...

To utility bills. we end up paying $650 billion a year in hidden taxes. but whats really incredible is that the resulting tax revenue is often squandered and not even spent in a way that makes our country, city and state a better place. i wrote "how do i tax thee" because i think hidden taxes need to be a part of the discussion. steve: absolutely. here are some of the things you dont think about. on your cell phone bill you are taxed over $120 a year. every electric bill inflated by 27% in taxes...

Try keep themselves together on a difficult issue. this was one of the cases. there are some republicans that were part of the pollition that voted for the amendment that wanted to see more protections and the strain on the party that felt like this bill goes too far in giving the government surveillance powers. the leaders were trying to keep them in line and to have the president pull the rug out from under them the way he did with health care and other issues, that makes them nervous especial...

You would end up with more jobs. when you listen to the trump administration, whats really scary is disney has been the biggest bully in the sand box for many years. >> what do you mean? >> they use espn as really a sledge hammer. if you want to get any of the channels, you want disney channel, you want abc, espn is their hammer. they use that hammer to get higher and higher fees. all your viewers who are watching right now, they are paying probably, unknowingly, $8 a month just for espn. youre ...

To go totally local and state like they did recently in las vegas, thats one thing but you know, john talks about closing loopholes and normally the municipal bonds are used to build bridges and highways and infrastructure. the fact that the nfl teams found this loophole from stadium s, i think could be just a case of well were just going to close a loophole. now is it vindictive on the part of trump? well ill leave that up to anyone else but could it be done and maybe should it be done? i think...

Support this. and the smart thing that donald trump could do, save the republicans from that bad vote, veto and help the americans retain their privacy. eric: what about congress doing this and finding time to impact our privacy. >> and this is the lobbyists doling out the bill. and the cable bill, not only that, but they get to sell our information? this is ridiculous, but donald trump will sign it and it will be become law. but the a least we can agree that barack obama did something good maki...

Thing differently. jason chaffetz received negative press when he said this about the healthcare bill. >> americans have choices. rather than getting that new iphone maybe they should invest in their own healthcare. jesse: he received wall to wall coverage on cable network for the so-called gaffe. but i remember another politician saying the same thing and receiving zero negative press attention. >> what i would say is if you looked at that persons budget and looked at their cable bill, their te...